Feeling utterly crap and have zero energy

[Nnovember]

I think I'm about 6 weeks + 5.

All day today I have had zero energy and waves of nausea. It feels insignificant in comparison to what other women have to bear but still really shit at the same time. I feel bad for my toddler as he wants to play but I just have no energy, all I want to do is sleep and eat (constantly).

Anyone else feeling like this in the first trimester?

Hi OP.

Sorry to hear you are feeling so exhausted.

I'm now almost in my third trimester but there were about 10 days between weeks 7-9 where I honestly felt like I'd been hit by a truck and was bed bound with exhaustion. Just slept and dozed and couldn't move at all only to be sick. I took a week and a half off work with a "chest infection" as I couldn't even sit up from exhaustion.
I was so greatful when it passed. When I had bloods done a few weeks later I was put on iron tablets for anemia, so if you wanted to make sure you're keeping your energy up as much as possible, iron tablets may help.

Fingers crossed you start to feel better soon.

Thank you @BebesChamber I think I will go and have my iron levels checked some time this week. I didn't have this with my first pregnancy, I remember not even feeling pregnant or much different until 7/8 weeks. This time around the symptoms have started much earlier. Hopefully it'll pass and my energy will return. Good luck with your last trimester...feels like ages away for me hahahha

It's worth a shot. Vitamin D might also be good for energy (it helps me in the winter months) but if you are taking Pregnacare (I think that's the name of the pre-natal vitamin) then Vitamin D will already be in there.

Hopefully someone else will come along soon with something else that can help.